'Very slim' chance that crowds will be allowed attend Dublin Euro 2020 matches

With all three Government party leaders signalling enhanced restrictions lasting into the summer, the prospect of crowded soccer matches returning are said to be 'very slim' 

Ireland is supposed to host four games during the prestige soccer tournament over a fortnight in June, but Covid-19 restrictions — combined with Uefa's stipulation that spectators would be permitted — is putting the Dublin games in doubt. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire.

The Government has said that any chance of Euro 2020 games being played in Dublin this year is reliant on conditions being “consistent with public health”.

While no decision has been taken, there is increasing speculation that the Government will not allow crowds attend the four games scheduled to be played in the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, postponed since last summer.